A Quantitative Survey of Bacterial Persistence in the Presence of Antibiotics: Towards Antipersister Antimicrobial Discovery

<b>Background</b>: Bacterial persistence to antibiotics relates to the phenotypic ability to survive lethal concentrations of otherwise bactericidal antibiotics. The quantitative nature of the time–kill assay, which is the sector’s standard for the study of antibiotic bacterial persisten...

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Main Authors: Jesus Enrique Salcedo-Sora, Douglas B. Kell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-08-01
Series:Antibiotics
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/9/8/508